Hardin County was created and organized 22 January 1858 from Jefferson and Liberty counties. County seat: Hardin (1858-1887); Kountze (1887-present). The first Anglo-American settlement was in 1832. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=193538&subject_disp=Texas%2C+Hardin&columns=*,0,0 www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp]